Will the death penalty ever be abolished in America? Executions, and the states that carry them out, are in decline. Public support for the…
Book abstract: For more than 25 years, The Presidency and the Political System has showcased the best of presidential studies and research…
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
Professor Burns reflects on recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with voting rights and same-sex marriage.
This paper sheds light on the links between media and political polarization by looking at the introduction of broadcast TV in the US. We…
Book abstract: Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing…
In the final week of the 1980 presidential campaign between Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan, the two…
Leading US Democrats and former White House insiders Elaine C. Kamarck and Robert B. Reich break down the US presidential election and the…
There are Tiger Moms and Helicopter Moms and French Moms, and all sorts of labels to measure our adequacies as parents. But these moms have…
Predicting a presidential candidate’s choice of running mate is a risky business. It is one of the few campaign decisions that is made…